MAP KEYBOARD??

[Grinner Hester]

If memory serves, you can remap the previous and next edit keys and they won’t enter trim mode anymore. I have no idea why it defaults to this. It may also be an option in your edit settings. It’s been a while.
I don’t know of a keyboard key you can map to expand the tracks. I’ce always held down control and dragged em.

[David Braswell]

I use Xpress Pro at home and Adrenaline at work. I like Xpress’s timeline expansion as well. You can map the keys by using the map menu to button feature in the keyboard prefs.

[David Braswell]

Grinner I think he’s referring to zooming the timeline. What you’re referring to is track height, which can be accomplished by selecting the tracks and control-K to make taller, control-L to make shorter.

[Erik Pontius]

I’d be curious to know how to do this.
Zooming in/out of the timeline in MC requires holding down the CTRL key and then pressing [ or ].
There doesn’t seem to be a menu item for it or button in the command palette…so mapping it to a single key doesn’t seem possible.
The “next edit trim mode” also seems to be difficult to work around… the help indicates that the next edit button will jump to the next edit and automatically enter trim mode. In order to not enter trim mode it says to use the “fast forward” button >>.

Erik

[Grinner Hester]

I though exdpanding the tracks was the question.
There is a little doodad on the bottom of the timeline. You can drag it back and forth and zoom in on the entire timeline.

[Erik Pontius]

yeah..that works, but still not as handy or quick as the up/down arrow keys are in Express. It’s become a bit of a reflex action it seems… Just have to relearn to match MC.

[Michael Hancock]

Map Fast Forward and Rewind to your A and S keys (the default Go to Next Edit and Previous Edit) to avoid entering trim mode when you do Go to Next Edit/Previous Edit.

You can map zoom in and zoom out to your Up and Down arrows–I think it’s a menu command, More Detail and Less Detail. It’s either a menu command or a button. Search around the interface–it’s there and it can be done, I’m just not in front of a system right now to check for you.

Mike.

[Erik Pontius]

Thanks! Lead me on the right track.
Open the Keyboard settings from the settings menu.
Open the Command Palette.
Choose “Menu to button reassignment”
Click on the button you want to assign the command to on the keyboard layout. It turns purple.
Next click on the hamburger menu on the timeline, then click on “More detail”.
You’ll end up with a “MD” showing on the key you selected on the keyboard.
Repeat the procedure to map the “Less Detail” command.

Then close the command palette and keyboard layout.

Erik

[Milton Hockman]

i cant find the MOre detail and LEss detail menu functions to map. they are not in my fast menu. how do i find them?

[Michael Hancock]

It’s in the hamburger/fast menu on your timeline–lower left hand corner.

It’s not under the normal File-Edit-Bin-Clip menus.

The default shortcut is Ctrl+] and Ctrl+[ for More and Less Detail.

Michael.